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most significant change to Australian
cement technology in four decades”.
Meeting Magnitude 9
Sydney based company, Dincel
Construction System (DCS), is
receiving international attention for
its permanent polymer formwork that
clicks into position to build structural
walls and columns and filled with
ready mix concrete.
According to structural engineer
Burak Dincel who is also the inventor
and managing director of the company,
the product has the potential to save
thousands of lives.
“The opportunity to export our
product or set up a factory in countries
that are vulnerable to severe seismic
activity is very exciting for us ... in
earthquake prone regions [it] could
literally mean the difference between
life and death,” Dincel said.
Certified by the University of New
South Wales and the CSIRO, the
product has also undergone extensive
testing at the University of Technology,
Sydney (UTS) by Professor Bijan
Samali. Conducted over 24 months,
the results concluded the polymer
encapsulation can withstand collapsing
walls due to an earthquake up to
Magnitude 9.
Dincel said the product has also been
proven as a waterproof solution by
the CSIRO that resists corrosion and
concrete cancer, making it suitable for
subterranean, underwater and chemical
environments.
“As a load bearing wall system, it
achieves up to a 50% reduction in
construction time and up to a 40%
reduction in the cost of multi-level
apartment construction,” Dincel said.
The product was recently awarded the
Best Environmental Practice Approval
Mark after meeting the Green Building
Council Best Practice Guidelines for
PVC.
Working the Pilbara
Whittens has signed a $25 million
contract with NRW for concrete works
at the Roy Hill mine site in Western
Australia’s Pilbara region. The scope
of works includes three ROM walls
and the Coarse Ore Stockpile tunnels
and vaults with a combined total of
approximately 16,000m3 of concrete.
“This upcoming project will require
a workforce of approximately 90 people
at its peak, and we anticipate it will take
around seven months to complete,”
company director Tyron Whitten said.
Whittens is also managing another
large concrete construction project at
Roy Hill for BGC of $50 million and has
just completed a $15.5 million contract
at the Boggabri Coal Handling and
Processing Plant in NSW for Thiess
Sedgman JV.
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27th Biennial
Conference of the
Concrete Institute
of Australia in
conjunction with
69th RILEM Week
2015
30 August – 2 September
Melbourne, Australia
Concrete quality at door opening. PHOTO: DCS
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